5 ways to fast-track the transition to a carbon neutral world
We have the knowledge, policies and innovation to transition to low-carbon energy. But we need political leadership and greater collaboration to make it happen.
Seattle is adding people and buildings - but subtracting emissions
The Bullitt Center in Seattle offers an example of how buildings can reduce their carbon footprint and become more energy efficient.
A loneliness study, fighting war rape and other top stories of the week
Also in this week's round-up: the work landscape in 2022 and what really killed the dinosaurs.
China's drought losses predicted to soar as planet warms
Economic losses caused by drought in China will rocket to tens of billions of dollars per year if global warming breaches the limits set by governments in a 2015 agreement to tackle clima...
Climate change is making disasters more expensive
A report by the U.N. Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNISDR) shows that climate disasters cost $2.9 trillion between 1998 and 2017.
A new study shows just how significant global sea level rise could be
A recent study in the Annual Review of Environment and Resources suggests that sea level rise could hit 6 to 14 feet by 2300.
7 postcards from a flooded world
The rising sea levels and heavy rain caused by climate change are affecting people and their livelihoods across the world today. Here are seven reports from an already flooding planet.
Here's how data is going to help us phase out fossil fuels
Coal plant operators and governments can be unable or unwilling to share data on plants' performance. Fortunately, this could change dramatically thanks to a revolution happening in space.
New York, London mayors encourage disinvestment from fossil fuel industry
Bill de Blasio and Sadiq Khan are withdrawing New York and London’s investments in fossil fuel companies and have launched an initiative to encourage other cities do the same.
What difference would just half a degree of global warming make?
World-leading climate scientists took a closer look at how rising temperatures would affect the planet. This is what they found.
Chernobyl solar farm sets foot on world's worst nuclear disaster site
A new solar power plant has opened Chernobyl, close to the destroyed reactor of the nuclear power plant. But what lies ahead of the Chernobyl solar farm?
8 things some of the world's leading climate scientists want us to know
In its latest report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has highlighted eight key findings to help the world curb global warming.